MORE than 3.2 million Sudanese are facing serious food and water shortages due to the combined disruptions of civil war and drought, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said this week. The Rome-based WFP said: ”If prompt action is not taken now, there is a danger that the tragic scenes of 1998, in which thousands of lives were lost, could be repeated.” WFP is urgently asking donors to contribute to its appeal for $106m to feed 2.5 million people in the country. – Reuters